BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Acting for Amr Zedan's Zedan Racing, bloodstock agent Donato Lanni signed the ticket for a record-setting $3 million colt by Gun Runner to electrify the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company March Sale Thursday. The handsome gray or roan colt, who produced the sale’s fastest eighth mile in :9.60 at Saturday’s under tack program, will be sent to trainer Bob Baffert’s barn in Southern California. Cataloged as Hip 654 and consigned by Eddie Woods as agent, the colt is out of the winning Liam’s Map mare Tynan, a half-sister to Grade 2-winning Florida-bred Pappacap and Grade 3-winning Florida-bred Boppy O.

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (EDITED)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Leon Ellman, Glassman Racing and Laurie Plesa's Florida-bred Epona's Hope, riding a two-race win streak, looks to make it three in a row with a second consecutive stakes triumph in Saturday's $115,000 Captiva Island at Gulfstream Park.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Trainer Neil Drysdale will send Florida-bred Irish Prophet from his base at Santa Anita to Turf Paradise for Saturday's $50,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Handicap, a one-mile test for eight 3-year-olds and older on the turf.

BY FASIG-TIPTON PRESS OFFICE (EDITED)

Florida-breds R Harper Rose, a graded-stakes winner; and Spirit Wind, a multiple graded-stakes winner; are among 122 entries cataloged for the Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale, which may be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com.

BY TAMMY GANTT

OCALA, FL-Community members can follow the journey of Thoroughbreds from Marion County as they prepare for the 2025 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve in a class at the Master the Possibilities education center in Ocala on April 22 from 4-5 p.m. EDT.

OCALA, FL-Kentucky Equine Research and Ocala Breeders' Sales will present a seminar on March 24 entitled Beat the Heat: Feeding and Managing Performance Horses in Ocala. The seminar will be held at Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club in Ocala starting at 6:00 p.m. EDT with Hors d’oeuvres and drinks at 5:30.